LifePath Entry
Slideshow/Gallery
Looking Back
- Born
- Moved to Jakarta
- Lived in Indonesia
- Returned to Hawaii
- Lived with maternal grandparents
- At Punahou School, began high school studies
- Graduated from Punahou School
- Began studies at Occidental College
- After living with maternal grandparents, moved to college
- Attended Occidental College
- Began studies at Columbia University
- Graduated Columbia University with BA in Political Science
- A Community Organizer, Harlem
- A Writer/Financial Analyst, Business International Corp
- Director of the Developing Communities Project
- Accepted to Harvard Law School
- First visit to Kenya, the homeland of his father
- Met Michelle Robinson while working in Chicago
- Attended Harvard Law
- An Associate at Hopkins and Sutter in Chicago
- Elected President of the Harvard Law Review
- Graduated Harvard Law Magna Cum Laude
- Ran Project Vote in Illinois, Registering 150,000 New Voters
- Married Michelle Robinson
- Received Crain’s Chicago Business “40 Under 40” Award
- Joined Miner, Barnhill and Galland
- Senior Lecturer at the University of Chicago
- Received Monarch Award for Outstanding Public Service
- Received Legal Eagle Award for Litigation
- Dreams From My Father Originally Published
- Made Partner at Miner, Barnhill and Galland
- Elected to the Illinois State Senate
- Received Best Freshman Legislator Award
- Passed sweeping government reform measures in
- Received Outstanding Legislator Awards
- Served as an Illinois State Senator
- Daughter Malia was born
- Ran for the U.S. House of Representatives
- Daughter Sasha was born
- Spoke in opposition to the invasion of Iraq
- Passed legislation to expand health care to 154,000 Illinoisans
- Passed an important ban on racial profiling
- Passed a near-unanimous death penalty overhaul package
- Keynote Speaker at the Democratic National Convention
- Elected to the United States Senate
- Went to Russia with Sen. Lugar, probed risk of unsecure weapons
- Dedicated Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield
- Sworn in as a United States Senator
- Met Dalai Lama
- Received Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album
- Visited Iraq to talk with troops and observe situation
- Travelled to South Africa and Kenya
- Audacity of Hope published
- The Audacity of Hope stays on the NYT Bestseller list 29 weeks
- Announced Candidacy for the Presidency of the United States
- To Serve as President of the United States
Looking Forward
Received Best Freshman Legislator Award
1997
from Independent Voters of Illinois/Independent Precinct Organizations
